🎄 Granger Township Annual Tree Lighting 🎄

✨ Sunday, November 29, 2026 ✨

🎶 2026 Theme: Sounds of Christmas 🎶

It's the most wonderful time of the year! Join us for the annual Granger Township Tree Lighting as we welcome the holiday season with a festive community celebration!

Gather with family, friends, and neighbors to enjoy the magic of the season and celebrate this cherished Granger Township tradition.

This year's celebration will also feature our Christmas Diorama Contest, where community members bring their favorite holiday songs to life in creative miniature scenes!

🎁 Christmas Diorama Contest

Let your creativity shine!

In keeping with this year's Sounds of Christmas theme, participants are invited to choose a favorite Christmas or Hanukkah song and bring it to life by creating a miniature scene from the song inside a shoebox!

Contest Rules & Divisions

📦 Shoebox Creations

Your scene must fit entirely inside a shoebox. Adding a roof or decorating the outside of the shoebox is permitted, but all elements of the scene must fit inside the shoebox.

Two Contest Divisions

• Elementary Division: Elementary-aged children

• Youth & Adult Division: Middle-school students, high-school students, and adults

  
  

Who Can Enter?

Participants must live, work, or attend school in Granger Township. There is a limit of one entry per household.

Adults may assist elementary-aged participants, but the ideas must be the children's own, and children must complete the majority of the work.

📅 Important Dates & Drop-Off Information

Diorama Drop-Off

Saturday, November 21, 2026, 10:00 AM to Noon

Drop-Off Location

Granger Historical Society, 1261 Granger Road

Final Entry Deadline: Tuesday, November 24, 2026

Can't make the scheduled drop-off time? Please contact JoAnn Boruvka at tomjoann22@gmail.com to arrange an alternative.

🏆 Voting & Prizes

Dioramas will be on display during the November 29 Tree Lighting celebration, and attendees are invited to vote for their favorite entry in each division!

Voting closes at 4:30 PM to allow time for counting.

One winner from each division will be selected by popular vote. Winners will be announced and prizes awarded during the tree lighting ceremony.

✨ Celebrate the Season With Us!

Bring your family, invite your neighbors, and join us for a wonderful Granger Township holiday tradition!

We look forward to celebrating the Sounds of Christmas with our community on Sunday, November 29!

Happy Holidays from the Granger Historical Society!